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October 7, 2019 at 9:44 am

A U.S. diplomat’s wife killed a British teen in a wrong-way collision, police say. She claimed immunity and fled the U.K.

The death sparked widespread outrage after authorities revealed that Anne Sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity under international law, allowing her to avoid prosecution and leaving British...

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October 1, 2019 at 5:56 am

Watch: Homeless woman’s viral subway opera performance may get her off the streets

From the video taken by one captivated Los Angeles police officer, it looked as if the homeless woman was alone on her own stage, commanding...

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September 18, 2019 at 6:08 am

N.Y. teen fatally stabbed as peers filmed instead of helping, police say

The final bell rang Monday at Oceanside High School, and before long more than 50 teenagers had gathered in a strip mall parking lot a...

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September 16, 2019 at 9:02 am

She dreamed she swallowed her engagement ring. She woke to find that she had.

It was hard for Jenna Evans to figure out when the dream ended and real life began. She and her fiance, Bobby Howell, were on...

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September 13, 2019 at 10:10 am

Woman acquitted of killing newborn says she’s ‘forever sorry’

From the day the police showed up at her family's house to the day she was acquitted of murder, Brooke Skylar Richardson never spoke publicly...

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August 20, 2019 at 5:34 am

Oregon officials say reporters are harassing them with too many phone calls and emails, ask sheriff to investigate

A newspaper in Malheur County, Oregon, is investigating a state lawmaker, but now the lawmaker — citing after-hours phone calls and emails to himself and...

July 30, 2019 at 6:10 am

A man said his SUV randomly caught fire and killed his family. A decade later, he’s charged with murder.

There didn't seem to be anyone in Madison County, Ohio, who would want to kill 51-year-old Billi Romans, the cheery receptionist at Grove City Christian...

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May 15, 2019 at 5:30 am

3 women had a voice in Alabama Senate as 25 men passed abortion ban

Amid the debate on the Alabama Senate floor over America's most restrictive abortion law, state Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, D, appeared to be losing patience. She...

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May 7, 2019 at 6:38 am

A man faked his death. His ex-wife faked his funeral. Then their son found him alive.

The body was found in the bushes along a dirt road in a rural town in Moldova on the morning of Oct. 1, 2011, and...

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April 10, 2019 at 6:02 am

Secret weapon of sports gambler who broke the single-game ‘Jeopardy!’ record? Children’s books.

Back in the corner where the children's books are shelved, you'll find James Holzhauer — Tuesday's "Jeopardy!" champion who annihilated the show's single-day winnings record...

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